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Vincent Rapide, the Glossary

The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.^[1]

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Motorcycles introduced in the 1930s
Vincent motorcycles

Air-cooled engine

Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over heat dissipation fins or hot areas of the engine to cool them in order to keep the engine within operating temperatures.

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Amal (carburettor)

AMAL was a British engineering company servicing the motorcycle and other light-engineering motor industries between 1927 and 1993.

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Burman and Sons

Burman and Sons Ltd, of Ryland Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, was a company that manufactured Burman-Douglas steering gear.

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Classic Bike

Classic Bike is a UK motorcycle magazine.

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Dry sump

A dry-sump system is a method to manage the lubricating motor oil in four-stroke and large two-stroke piston driven internal combustion engines.

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Eric Fernihough

Eric Crudgington Fernihough (17 February 1905 – 23 April 1938) was a British motorcycle racer.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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List of motorcycles of the 1940s

This a listing of motorcycles of the 1940s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period.

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List of motorcycles of the 1950s

This a listing of motorcycles of the 1950s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period.

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Lugged steel frame construction

Lugged steel frame construction is a method of building bicycle frames using steel tubing mated with socket-like sleeves, called lugs.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat.

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A motorcycle fork connects a motorcycle's front wheel and axle to its frame, typically via a yoke, also known as a triple clamp, which consists of an upper yoke joined to a lower yoke via a steering stem, a shaft that runs through the steering head, creating the steering axis.

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Motorcycle frame

A motorcycle frame is a motorcycle's core structure.

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Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a pushrod engine, is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Phil Irving

Philip Edward Irving MBE, CEng., FIMechE., MSAE.

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Phil Vincent

Philip Conrad Vincent (14 March 1908 – 27 March 1979) was a British motorcycle designer and manufacturer.

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Stevenage

Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act.

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Unit construction

Unit construction is the design of larger motorcycles where the engine and gearbox components share a single casing.

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V-twin engine

A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration and share a common crankshaft.

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Vincent Black Lightning

The Vincent Black Lightning was a Vincent-HRD motorcycle first built in September 1948 at the Vincent works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK, and produced from 1948 to 1952. Vincent Rapide and Vincent Black Lightning are Vincent motorcycles.

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Vincent Black Shadow

The Vincent Black Shadow is a British motorcycle designed and built at the Vincent works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire UK. Vincent Rapide and Vincent Black Shadow are motorcycles powered by V engines, Standard motorcycles and Vincent motorcycles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Rapide

Also known as Vincent Rapide Series A.